Fertilizer-distributer



(No Model.)

J. A. OGLETREE.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. No. 352,563. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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JAMES ALEXANDER OGLETBEE, OF RANDALL, ARKANSAS.

FERTILI ZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,563, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed September 17, 1886. Serial No. 213,831. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

siding at Randall, in the county of Cleveland and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fertilizer-distributors; and'it consistsin the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figurel is aside elevation of a fertilizer-distributer embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal central sectional view of the same.

A represents the frame, which comprises the side beams, B, the transverse beams O, at the front and rear ends of the frame, and the longitudinal supporting-beams D, which have their ends attached to the beams G.

E represents the tongue or draft-pole, which is attached to the center of the front beam, 0, and the front ends of the beams B are bent inwardly and attached to opposite sides of the rear portion of the tongue, as at F, and form braces therefor.

G represents the hopper, which is secured on the beams D. This hopper has vertical side walls, a vertical front wall, and an inclined rear side, 9. To the inner side of the front wall of the hopper is attached a lining, a, which is made of sheet spring-steel and curved downwardly and rearwardly below the hopper. To the inner sides of the side walls of the hopper are attached linings b, of sheet metal, which extend downwardly from the hopper and have their lower ends curved inwardly toward each other. The lower edges of the said linings I) bear normally on the in-.

ner side of the lining a. 0 represents a sheetmetal lining attached to the inclined side 9, and having its lower portion extending down to the lower end of the lining a, and bearing against the rear edges of the linings b. In the center of this lining 0, at the lower end thereof, is a vertical slot, 0.

H represents bearing blocks, which are bolted to the under sides of the beams B, and

I represents a transverse shaft, which is journaled in the said bearingblocks. To one end of the said shaft is firmly secured a supporting-wheel, K, and on the other end of theshaft is loosely mounted asimilar supporting-wheel, L. From the center of the shaft I radiate a series of stirring arms, M. As the shaft rotates these stirring-arms enter the lower side of the hopper formed by a depending portion of its linings through the slot 0.

To the under side of the tongue, near the rear end thereof, is pivoted or hinged the front end of a combined beam and standard, N, carrying a furrow-opener, 0. On the upper side of the tongue is jonrnaleda rock-shaft, P, which is provided at its inner end with an arm, 1%, that is attached to the beam of the furrow=opener ,by means'of arod, S. The said rod extends through a slot, 6, which is made in the rear end of the tongue. Ahand-lever, T, is attached tothe outer end of the rock-shaft, and is adapted to be engaged by a hook or catch, V, on the tongue when the hand-lever is in a horizontal position.

W represents a pair of combined beams and standards, which are pivoted or hinged to the under side of the front beam, 0, and carry covering-shovels \V.

X represents rock-shafts that are journaled on the frame, and are provided each with a lever-arm, X, and a hand-lever, X The lever-arms are connected to the beams of the coverers by means of rods Y, and the hand: levers X are adapted to engage hooks or catches Z, that are secured to the beams B.

The operation of my invention is as follows: \Vhen the hand-levers of the rock-shafts are secured to the hooks or catches, the furrowopener and the covering-shovels are raised from the ground. \Vhen the said hand-levers of the rock-shafts are in avertical position,

the said furrowopeners and covering-shovels are forced downward into the ground. The fertilizer is placed in the hopper G, and as the machine is drawn across the field the shaft I is rotated, thereby causing the stirring-arms to enter the rear lower side of the hopper and stir the fertilizer therein, so as to force a portion of the fertilizer out through the slot 0 into the furrow made by the furrow-opener, and it is then covered by the covering-plows, as will be readily understood. The stirringarms M are sufiiciently long to cause their outer ends to bear against the inner side of the lower portion of thespring-plate a successively as the shaft rotates, thereby causing each of the stirring-arms to force the free lower end of the spring-plate a downwardly from the lining-plates b c, to permit the escape of a portion of the fertilizer through the opening thus formed, and as each stirring-arm passes the lower edge of the spring-plate the latter springs back to its normal position against the lower edges of the lining-plates b c.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim In a fertilizendistributer, the hopper having the inclined rear side, 9, provided with the opening a at its lower edge, and the lining-plate a at its front side curved under the lower edge of the rear side, and thereby forming the bottom of the hopper, in combination with the rotating shaft I, having the radial arms M, extending through the opening 0' and adapted to strike the free rear edge of the spring-plate a successively as the shaft rotates, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own- Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ALEXANDER OGLETREE.

Witnesses:

W. T. MONTGOMERY, J. A. BLACK. 

